Police Blotter for 4/1/13

SPOTSWOOD

SPEEDING, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND RECKLESS DRIVING, March 20. Sgt. Nicholas D. Mayo saw Kristin Pariso, 24, of Old Bridge traveling 48 mph in a 35 mph speed zone on Main Street. During a motor vehicle stop investigation, it was revealed that Pariso was driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, police said. Pariso was charged with speeding, driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, police said.

SPEEDING AND DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, March 7. Patrolman Nelson Nichols observed Dean McMaster, 26, of Monroe speeding on DeVoe and Main streets, police said. After stopping the vehicle on Main Street, Nichols found McMaster to be intoxicated, police said. He was charged with speeding and driving while intoxicated, police said.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND SPEEDING, March 9. David Fischer, 38, of Helmetta was charged with driving while intoxicated and speeding after he was observed traveling 47 mph in a 30 mph zone on Main Street, police said. He also failed to maintain his lane on Manalapan Road, police said.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, OPEN CONTAINER IN A VEHICLE, CONSUMPTION IN A VEHICLE AND FAILURE TO YIELD, 12:18 a.m., March 10. Barry Evans, 22, of Old Bridge was charged with driving while intoxicated, open container in a vehicle, consumption in a vehicle and failure to yield after Patrolman Nelson Nichols saw him cut off another vehicle while turning onto Erickson Avenue from DeVoe Avenue, police said. During the stop, Evans was found to be intoxicated, police said.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST, 3:01 a.m., March 10. Police responded to a residence on Mott Place for a report of a disturbance, police said. Thomas Astacio, 36, of Spotswood, who was intoxicated, pulled away from Patrolman Nelson Nichols and struck the officer in the hand while he was being placed under arrest, police said.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND IMPROPER HIGH BEAMS, 12:17 a.m., March 16. Jacquelin Falcone, 58, of Somerset was charged with driving while intoxicated after being seen traveling on Summerhill Road with improper high beams, police said.

UNDERAGE DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, OPEN CONTAINER, UNDERAGE POSSESSION AND UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, 1:45 a.m., March 17. Patrolman Nelson Nichols observed a vehicle traveling 20 mph in a 35 mph zone with a brake light out. During a motor vehicle stop, Nichols saw that Richard McCall, 20, of Milltown and Jose Narvaez, 20, of Helmetta were highly intoxicated with open containers in the vehicle, police said. Narvaez was charged with underage driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, delaying traffic, slow speed, maintenance of lamps, windshield obstruction, open container and consumption in a vehicle. McCall was charged with underage consumption and underage possession of alcohol, police said.

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA, 11:28 p.m., March 17. While Patrolman Nelson Nichols was conducting an unrelated traffic stop on Old Stage Road, Christopher Stout, 18, of Milltown drove past the stop without proceeding with due caution, police said. Nichols stopped Stout's vehicle for the violation and both Stout and his passenger, Daniel Migliaccio, 18, of Milltown were found to be in possession of marijuana, police said. Both men also admitted to smoking it just prior to getting in the car, police said. Both were charged with possession of marijuana and being under the influence of marijuana.

CARTERET

ATTEMPTED CARJACKING AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, 10:37 p.m., March 25. Police received a call about a man and a woman walking on Holly Street with a gun, police said. While searching the area, Officer Michael Kazio was flagged down by the caller who said he was parking his car on Holly Street when a man, described as 5'10", stocky and approximately 200 pounds, approached the driver's side window and pointed a black handgun at him, police said. The victim said he was ordered to open the door and get out of the car, police said. The victim, who said the man was wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie, also said a woman accompanied the man and was sitting in the rear of his car. She was described as wearing dark clothing, police said. As the man was making his demands, another car came on Holly Street and the victim was able to put his car in drive and pull away from the suspect, police said. He dialed 911 and said he believed the suspects were driving toward Port Reading, police said.

PLAINSBORO

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 11:05 p.m., March 26. Sgt. John A. Bresnen stopped a 2011 VW Jetta for speeding 60 mph in a 45 mph speed zone on Dey Road, police said. Bresnen determined that the driver, Lauren L. Mejias, 27, of North Brunswick, was intoxicated. Mejias failed a battery of field sobriety tests and was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding and failure to maintain lane, police said.

THEFT, between March 1 and March 24., A Fox run resident reported a Giant men's bike, valued at $400, stolen from the bicycle rack of Fox Run Drive, police said.

THEFT, 11:30 a.m., March 21. Police responded to 1 Plainsboro Road (Princeton Medical Center) for a report of theft as five to ten bags of ice melting calcium, valued at $200, were taken from a storage yard on the property, police said. Police are currently investigating this incident.

THEFT, between 7:40 and 8:40 a.m., March 21. A student at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North reported a theft of a white iPhone 5, valued at $600, from the girl's locker room, police said. Police are currently investigating this incident.

THEFT, Between Feb. 27 and March 26. According to the victim, a Deer Creek Drive resident, an unknown person signed for multiple packages, valued at $200, police said. Police are currently investigating this incident.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, 10:52 a.m., Tuesday, March 26. A 2005 Mercury Marquis, driven by Debra M. Balakirsky, 73, of Piscataway, was traveling northbound on South Clinton Avenue, near Davis Street, when the vehicle, for unknown reasons, struck the rear of a 1999 Isuzu box truck, owned and operated by Michael Brickings, 46, of Hatboro, Pa., which was slowing down, police said. According to witnesses, Balakirsky was traveling at about 40 mph when her vehicle struck the rear of the truck, police said. Balakirsky, who suffered trauma and serious head wounds, was extricated from her vehicle by the South Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department and airlifted by the New Jersey State Police North Star medivac to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Balakirsky was charged with careless driving by investigating Officer Francis Fusaro. No other charges were filed or pending, police said.

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Police Blotter for 4/1/13

SPOTSWOODSPEEDING, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND RECKLESS DRIVING, March 20. Sgt. Nicholas D. Mayo saw Kristin Pariso, 24, of Old Bridge traveling 48 mph in a 35 mph speed zone on Main Street. During

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